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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the House’s passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 2), which repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and replaces it with a long-term solution to Medicare repayment:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House passage of H.Con. Res 27, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2016 which also sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025:

The Committee on Rules may meet the week of March 23rd to grant a rule that could limit the amendment process for floor consideration of H. CON. RES. __, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2016. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes.

WASHINGTON– U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement on the House passage of a measure (S.J. Res. 8) expressing disproval of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) “ambush rule,” which expedites union elections and forces employers to give substantial personal information about their employees to unions without consent or confidentiality standards in place:

As you begin to contemplate possible amendments to the House Budget Resolution, I want to remind all Members of a continuing requirement that was adopted as part of the opening day Rules Package. As in past years, the Rules Committee intends to give priority to amendments offered as complete substitutes, but the new requirement is applicable to all amendments.